Gijsbert van frankenhuyzen biography definition
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The Legend of the Petoskey Stone
Response: This book is also on Oyate's list of books to avoid, and as I read it with my daughter, we tried to determine what makes it problematic. From our outsider perspective, we first wondered if the details were authentic (the way the clothing was depicted, for instance), and we had no way of knowing if they were accurate or not. As we read on, we wondered if the problem lies both in the use of the term "Chief" that is given (supposedly as a sign of respect) to this white man and in the concept that people can "found" a town and "own" the land the way this story describes. From my understanding, that is a white person's view of land, not a Native perspective.
This doesn't not feel like it would be a "legend" from the Native people of this area at all, or even a "legend" that white peo
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Mackinac Bridge
Illustrator: Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen
Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen was born in the Netherlands in 1951. With his seven brothers and sisters, he grew up exploring nature and his sketch pads were filled with observations from those family outings. Always drawing as a young boy, his father encouraged Gijsbert to make art his career. After high school, he attended and graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in Arnhem, Holland. Gijsbert, or "Mr. Nick" as many children affectionately call him during his school visits, immigrated to the United States in 1976 and worked as Art Director for the Michigan Natural Resources Magazine for 17 years. In 1995, he illustrated his first children's book, The Legend of Sleeping Bear, finally fullfilling his dream of illustrating children's books.Residing in Bath, Michigan, Nick and his family share their 40-acre farm with sheep, horses, dogs, cats, turkeys, rabbits, chickens, pigeons and a revolving door of orphaned and injured wild
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Down at the farm
Allison Hammerly
Gijsbert (right) and Robbyn van Frankenhuyzen host their annual Fall at the Farm celebration Oct. 13 through 16. The open house includes chances to buy artwork and picture books by the couple, as well as to explore their 40-acre property.
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Michigan’s natural beauty is important to writer and illustrator pair Gijsbert and Robbyn van Frankenhuyzen — so much so that they’re opening their 40-acre property, Hazel Ridge Farm in Bath, to the public to share what inspires them. The land, part farm and part wilderness, has influenced the books the couple make tillsammans.
“The books in our ‘Hazel Ridge’ series are all true stories,” said Robbyn van Frankenhuyzen. “We rehabilitated wildlife for 25 years. Our most recent book, ‘I Love You Just Enough,’ is the story of our daughter Heather, who found a baby wood duck and raised it on her own.”
The book, released in 2014, was r